Sohrab Goth seminary case: Court to decide trial venue

Men were accused of causing injuries, wrongful confinement, criminal intimidation and common intention.

KARACHI: The Anti-Terrorism Court I (ATC) will decide on whether the men, detained for their alleged role in shackling students at a seminary in Sohrab Goth, will have a trial in the ATC or a lower court.

The men, including Qari Mohammad Usman from the seminary, were accused of causing injuries, wrongful confinement, criminal intimidation and common intention.

According to Special Public Prosecutor Abdul Maroof, the men have been charged under those sections of the law which do not fall within the ATC’s domain. He added that “for the sake of justice”, the prosecutor will not object to the case being shifted to a regular court.

Published in The Express Tribune, June 2^nd, 2012.